Cornell's Kyle Dake will wrestle Penn State's Derek Taylor in one of the most highly-anticipated college wrestling matches of the season.

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Gary Mihoces
Gannett

One dilemma for NCAA wrestling has been to create some buzz for the November start of its season, not only the national finals in March.

Kyle Dake of Cornell and David Taylor of Penn State will do their parts Saturday night.

Wrestling a weight class apart last season, Dake and Taylor were unbeaten Division I champions. In their sport, they are sensations. Saturday, they meet in the 165-pound class of the 47th annual All-Star Classic in Washington, D.C. The match is at American University, where the 3,000 tickets were sold in a few days, the first sellout in advance for the event since 2001. ...